Cold War — Commanders: 100-Question Quiz Pack

1. Who was the British Prime Minister that worked closely with Ronald Reagan during the 1980s? A) Margaret Thatcher B) Winston Churchill C) Tony Blair 2. Which Cuban revolutionary led the country for much of the Cold War? A) Che Guevara B) Fidel Castro C) Fulgenico Batista 3. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A) Joseph Stalin B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Leonid Brezhnev 4. Who was the American General dismissed by President Truman during the Korean War? A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Douglas MacArthur C) George Patton 5. Which U.S. General was relieved of his command by President Harry Truman during the Korean War in 1951? A) Douglas MacArthur B) George Patton C) Dwight Eisenhower 6. Who was the Chilean leader overthrown in the 1973 coup? A) Salvador Allende B) Augusto Pinochet C) Eduardo Frei 7. Which U.S. President increased military spending significantly in the 1980s? A) Jimmy Carter B) Ronald Reagan C) George H.W. Bush 8. Who was the Soviet leader who oversaw the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979? A) Leonid Brezhnev B) Mikhail Gorbachev C) Nikolai Podgorny 9. Which leader served as the Chairman of the PLO throughout most of the Cold War? A) Yasser Arafat B) Gamal Abdel Nasser C) Anwar Sadat 10. Who was the leader of the Solidarity movement in Poland? A) Lech Walesa B) Wojciech Jaruzelski C) Edward Gierek 11. Which general was the first Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) for NATO? A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Matthew Ridgway C) Alfred Gruenther 12. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956? A) Nikita Khrushchev B) Joseph Stalin C) Leonid Brezhnev 13. Which US president met with Mao Zedong in 1972? A) Richard Nixon B) Gerald Ford C) Ronald Reagan 14. Who was the West German Chancellor known for Ostpolitik? A) Konrad Adenauer B) Willy Brandt C) Helmut Kohl 15. Which U.S. Secretary of State was a primary architect of the Marshall Plan? A) George Marshall B) Dean Acheson C) John Foster Dulles 16. Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? A) Norodom Sihanouk B) Pol Pot C) Lon Nol 17. Which Soviet military commander is famous for leading the defense of Stalingrad during WWII and later Cold War roles? A) Georgy Zhukov B) Vasily Chuikov C) Ivan Konev 18. Who led the North Vietnamese forces until his death in 1969? A) Vo Nguyen Giap B) Ho Chi Minh C) Pham Van Dong 19. Which French leader helped create the Fifth Republic during the Cold War? A) Charles de Gaulle B) Francois Mitterrand C) Georges Pompidou 20. Who was the U.S. President at the start of the Cold War in 1947? A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Harry Truman C) Dwight Eisenhower 21. Which general led the Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War? A) Peng Dehuai B) Lin Biao C) Zhu De 22. Who was the Soviet leader that introduced glasnost and perestroika? A) Yuri Andropov B) Mikhail Gorbachev C) Konstantin Chernenko 23. Which U.S. president ordered the blockade of Cuba in 1962? A) John F. Kennedy B) Lyndon B. Johnson C) Harry Truman 24. Who was the first leader of the People's Republic of China? A) Deng Xiaoping B) Mao Zedong C) Sun Yat-sen 25. Which British Prime Minister was known as the Iron Lady? A) Margaret Thatcher B) Theresa May C) Winston Churchill 26. Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution and later its president? A) Che Guevara B) Raul Castro C) Fidel Castro 27. Which U.S. general was in charge during the Vietnam War's major escalation? A) William Westmoreland B) Norman Schwarzkopf C) Maxwell Taylor 28. Who served as the president of the United States when the Berlin Wall fell? A) Ronald Reagan B) George H.W. Bush C) Jimmy Carter 29. Which Soviet leader led the country during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A) Joseph Stalin B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Leonid Brezhnev 30. Who was the supreme commander of UN forces in the Korean War? A) Douglas MacArthur B) Dwight D. Eisenhower C) George Patton 31. Who was the U.S. President during the construction of the Berlin Wall? A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) John F. Kennedy C) Lyndon B. Johnson 32. Which Soviet official led the security forces during the height of Stalin's power? A) Lavrentiy Beria B) Nikolai Yezhov C) Georgy Zhukov 33. Who was the leader of the Solidarity movement in Poland against communist rule? A) Lech Walesa B) Pope John Paul II C) Wojciech Jaruzelski 34. Which U.S. President visited China in 1972 to improve relations? A) Gerald Ford B) Richard Nixon C) Jimmy Carter 35. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the 'Space Race' launch of Sputnik? A) Nikita Khrushchev B) Joseph Stalin C) Leonid Brezhnev 36. Which commander led the UN forces during the initial defense of South Korea? A) Douglas MacArthur B) George Marshall C) Omar Bradley 37. Who was the head of the East German state during the construction of the Berlin Wall? A) Erich Honecker B) Walter Ulbricht C) Wilhelm Pieck 38. Which U.S. Secretary of Defense was a primary architect of the Vietnam War? A) Robert McNamara B) Donald Rumsfeld C) Caspar Weinberger 39. Who was the leader of the People's Republic of Hungary during its 1956 uprising? A) Imre Nagy B) János Kádár C) Matyas Rakosi 40. Which general served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War? A) Colin Powell B) Norman Schwarzkopf C) William Westmoreland 41. Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union before it dissolved? A) Mikhail Gorbachev B) Boris Yeltsin C) Vladimir Putin 42. Which U.S. President started the policy of 'containment' to stop communism? A) John F. Kennedy B) Harry S. Truman C) Dwight D. Eisenhower 43. What was the name of the Soviet military alliance that countered NATO? A) The Warsaw Pact B) The Comintern C) The Eastern Bloc 44. Who served as the first leader of North Korea during the Korean War? A) Kim Jong-il B) Syngman Rhee C) Kim Il-sung 45. Who was the British Prime Minister known as the 'Iron Lady' during the Cold War? A) Winston Churchill B) Margaret Thatcher C) Tony Blair 46. Which U.S. President oversaw the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall? A) Ronald Reagan B) Richard Nixon C) George H.W. Bush 47. Which Chinese leader was the main authority during the rise of the People's Republic of China? A) Chiang Kai-shek B) Mao Zedong C) Deng Xiaoping 48. Who was the Soviet leader who oversaw the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979? A) Leonid Brezhnev B) Mikhail Gorbachev C) Yuri Andropov 49. Which U.S. General commanded American forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968? A) Colin Powell B) William Westmoreland C) Norman Schwarzkopf 50. Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution who became a major Cold War figure? A) Fidel Castro B) Che Guevara C) Fulgencio Batista 51. Which military alliance was created in 1949 by the United States and Western European nations? A) The Warsaw Pact B) NATO C) The United Nations 52. Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam throughout most of the Vietnam War? A) Ho Chi Minh B) Pol Pot C) Kim Il-sung 53. Which U.S. General was fired by President Truman during the Korean War? A) Matthew Ridgway B) William Westmoreland C) Douglas MacArthur 54. Which Soviet leader led the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962? A) Joseph Stalin B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Leonid Brezhnev 55. Who was the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during the start of the Cold War? A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Douglas MacArthur C) George Patton 56. Which German leader was the first Chancellor of West Germany? A) Willy Brandt B) Helmut Kohl C) Konrad Adenauer 57. Who was the head of the CIA during the early Cold War years? A) Allen Dulles B) William Donovan C) John McCone 58. Who was the President of Egypt during the Suez Crisis? A) Anwar Sadat B) Gamal Abdel Nasser C) Hosni Mubarak 59. Which American President authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion? A) John F. Kennedy B) Dwight Eisenhower C) Harry Truman 60. Who was the leader of the Chilean military coup in 1973? A) Salvador Allende B) Augusto Pinochet C) Patricio Aylwin 61. Which Soviet leader introduced the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika? A) Mikhail Gorbachev B) Boris Yeltsin C) Konstantin Chernenko 62. Who served as the U.S. Secretary of State and pioneered the containment policy? A) Dean Acheson B) George Kennan C) John Foster Dulles 63. Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? A) Norodom Sihanouk B) Pol Pot C) Hun Sen 64. Which American President visited China in 1972 to improve relations? A) Richard Nixon B) Gerald Ford C) Jimmy Carter 65. Who was the Soviet leader during the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979? A) Yuri Andropov B) Mikhail Gorbachev C) Leonid Brezhnev 66. Which Cuban leader overthrew the government in 1959? A) Fulgencio Batista B) Fidel Castro C) Che Guevara 67. Who was the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam during the troop escalation? A) William Westmoreland B) Creighton Abrams C) Curtis LeMay 68. Which British Prime Minister was known as the Iron Lady? A) Winston Churchill B) Margaret Thatcher C) Clement Attlee 69. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the Cold War? A) Mao Zedong B) Chiang Kai-shek C) Deng Xiaoping 70. Which U.S. general was the first Supreme Allied Commander in Europe for NATO? A) George Marshall B) Matthew Ridgway C) Dwight Eisenhower 71. Who led the North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War? A) Ho Chi Minh B) Vo Nguyen Giap C) Pol Pot 72. Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A) Lyndon Johnson B) John F. Kennedy C) Richard Nixon 73. Which Soviet leader ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall? A) Joseph Stalin B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Leonid Brezhnev 74. Who was the supreme commander of UN forces during the Korean War? A) Douglas MacArthur B) Dwight Eisenhower C) George Patton 75. Who was the first man to lead the Soviet Union after Stalin died? A) Georgi Malenkov B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Lavrentiy Beria 76. Who was the U.S. President who escalated the war in Vietnam with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? A) John F. Kennedy B) Lyndon Johnson C) Richard Nixon 77. Who was the leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956? A) Imre Nagy B) Matyas Rakosi C) Janos Kadar 78. Which U.S. general advocated for the Marshall Plan? A) George Marshall B) Omar Bradley C) Curtis LeMay 79. Who served as President of the U.S. when the Berlin Wall fell? A) Ronald Reagan B) George H.W. Bush C) Jimmy Carter 80. Who was the long-time ruler of Romania during the Cold War? A) Nicolae Ceausescu B) Todor Zhivkov C) Janos Kadar 81. Who was the leader of the North Korean forces at the start of the Korean War? A) Kim Il Sung B) Syngman Rhee C) Kim Jong Il 82. Which U.S. President authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961? A) Dwight Eisenhower B) John F. Kennedy C) Lyndon B. Johnson 83. Who was the dictator of Cuba for most of the Cold War? A) Fulgencio Batista B) Che Guevara C) Fidel Castro 84. Which general led the successful Inchon Landing during the Korean War? A) Omar Bradley B) Douglas MacArthur C) Maxwell Taylor 85. Who served as the leader of the Soviet Union when it finally collapsed in 1991? A) Mikhail Gorbachev B) Yuri Andropov C) Konstantin Chernenko 86. Which British Prime Minister was known as the Iron Lady during the Cold War? A) Clement Attlee B) Winston Churchill C) Margaret Thatcher 87. Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam during most of the Vietnam War? A) Pol Pot B) Ho Chi Minh C) Kim Il Sung 88. Which U.S. President famously demanded that Mikhail Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall? A) Ronald Reagan B) Jimmy Carter C) Gerald Ford 89. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War and early Cold War? A) Chiang Kai-shek B) Sun Yat-sen C) Mao Zedong 90. Which general commanded the U.S. forces in Vietnam during the late 1960s? A) Norman Schwarzkopf B) William Westmoreland C) Matthew Ridgway 91. Who was the President of the United States when the Berlin Wall was built? A) John F. Kennedy B) Harry Truman C) Richard Nixon 92. Which Soviet leader led the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A) Joseph Stalin B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Leonid Brezhnev 93. Who was the supreme commander of the UN forces during the start of the Korean War? A) Douglas MacArthur B) George Patton C) Dwight Eisenhower 94. Which U.S. President signed the SALT I treaty with the Soviet Union? A) Ronald Reagan B) Richard Nixon C) Dwight Eisenhower 95. Who was the President of Egypt during the Suez Crisis of 1956? A) Anwar Sadat B) Hosni Mubarak C) Gamal Abdel Nasser 96. Which American President visited China in 1972 to improve relations? A) Richard Nixon B) Gerald Ford C) Jimmy Carter 97. Who was the commander of the U.S. troops in Europe who later became President? A) Dwight Eisenhower B) George Marshall C) John F. Kennedy 98. Which Soviet leader replaced Nikita Khrushchev in 1964? A) Leonid Brezhnev B) Nikolai Bulganin C) Georgy Malenkov 99. Who was the Israeli leader during the Six-Day War in 1967? A) Golda Meir B) Levi Eshkol C) David Ben-Gurion 100. Which U.S. President ordered the Berlin Airlift in 1948? A) Harry Truman B) Franklin Roosevelt C) Dwight Eisenhower